Obviously, there's all sorts of life happening all around us, but on a human level, I'm just interested in people making informed decisions. You know….

If you pay attention to the world, it’s an amazing place. If you don’t, it’s whatever you think it is..

As long as I have a good time, the audience usually has a good time..

I like that feeling of discombobulation that comes in creating an absurd world that doesn't make sense..

In the past, I was definitely more apt to storing pain away and not worrying about it. But as I get older, it's really about figuring out how to proc….

I like to ride the line between absurd and sincere..

Religion can only dream to do what science and art does every day..

Being faced with too many options. I mean, it makes me feel as though I'm overwhelmed by too many possibilities; that can be a very vulnerable feelin….

When I'm at the piano, and I'm improvising some song about something, it usually oscillates between factual, absurd, and sincere..

When in doubt, zoom out..

You can either just have fun with the joke or you can have fun with the joke and think about the implication of it. It's totally up to the listener..

When I'm performing, I hope my research and my experience with those things I'm talking about rings true..

I guess, in a way, I grew up mixed race: half white, half black. That question's always been on my mind: 'What are you? Are you this or that? Are you….

Not necessarily in the beginning, thinking I would have a career in comedy, but I was always interested in making people laugh..

I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music..

When you're improvising, you're relying on this connection to creativity..

I'm always trying to see things from different peoples' perspectives, to understand why they love something..

What I'm doing on stage now is just the tip of the iceberg..

I want to be able to make a movie..

Whether I go to English-speaking countries or non-English-speaking countries I can just modulate to what works for them..

I always composed music as a little kid..